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Recovery from community acquired pneumonia
... The community acquired pneumonia (CAP) symptom (sym) questionnaire stands out among all other pneumonia symptom tools for the rigor applied during its design and ...
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Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Sub-Saharan Africa
... Community-‐acquired pneumonia (CAP) in sub Saharan Africa is a common cause of adult hospitalisation and is associated with significant mortality. HIV prevalence in the region leads to differences in CAP ...
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Annexin A2 Mediates Mycoplasma pneumoniae Community Acquired Respiratory Distress Syndrome Toxin Binding to Eukaryotic Cells
... designated community-acquired respiratory distress syndrome (CARDS) toxin, that exhibits ADP-ribosylating and vacuolating activities in mammalian cells and is directly linked to a range of acute and chronic ...
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Demographics, guidelines, and clinical experience in severe community acquired pneumonia
... with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) who require intubation or support with inotropes in an intensive care unit setting remains extremely high (up to ...
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Risk stratification of early admission to the intensive care unit of patients with no major criteria of severe community acquired pneumonia: development of an international prediction rule
... for community- acquired pneumonia (CAP) are admitted to an intensive care unit (ICU), and these patients account for about 10% of all medical admissions to ICUs ...
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Short course versus long course therapy of the same antibiotic for community acquired pneumonia in adolescent and adult outpatients
... with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) of any severity initially treated in the community were eligible for ...when acquired in the community, as opposed to acquired in a ...
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Antibiotic susceptibility of community acquired Staphylococcus Aureus
... Antibiotic susceptibility of community acquired Staphylococcus Aureus Med J Malaysia Vol 41 No 1 March 1986 ANTIBIOTIC SUSCEPTIBILITY OF COMMUNITY ACQUIRED STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS TAN HENG SOON NGEOW YU[.] ...
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Combination antibiotic therapy for community-acquired pneumonia
... Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is a common and potentially serious illness that is associated with morbidity and mortality [1]. Only half of the cases had an etiology microorganism identified. Bacteria ...
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Etiology and outcome of severe community acquired pneumonia in immunocompetent adults
... Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia (SCAP) occurs in approximately 18-36% [3] of all CAP. The mortality rate for CAP is <5% for outpatient cases, it rises to 10% in admit- ted ward patients and can ...
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Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Children-An Update
... Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is a potentially serious infection in children and often results in hospitalization.CAP symptoms are nonspecific in younger infants, but cough and tachypnea are usually ...
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Non-infectious mimics of community-acquired pneumonia
... Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is a common cause of presentation to healthcare facilities. The diagnosis of CAP is usually made in patients with suggestive symptoms, signs, and radiological features. A ...
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Severity of disease and mortality for hospitalized patients with community-acquired viral pneumonia compared to patients with community-acquired bacterial pneumonia
... Pneumonia is an extremely common, yet exceedingly dangerous condition that makes up 423,000 emergency room visits and is the 8th leading cause of death in the United States, according to the CDC [1]. Inpatient ...
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A Study on Community Acquired Pneumonia in Adults Requiring Hospital Admission In Penang
... A Study on Community Acquired Pneumonia in Adults Requiring Hospital Admission In Penang ORIGINAL ARTICLE A Study on Community Acquired Pneumonia in Adults Requiring Hospital Admission in Penang L N H[.] ...
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Origin and Evolution of European Community Acquired Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus
... ABSTRACT Community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) was recognized in Europe and world- wide in the late 1990s. Within a decade, several genetically and geographically distinct ...
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Demography and Intercontinental Spread of the USA300 Community Acquired Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Lineage
... ABSTRACT Community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) was recognized worldwide during the 1990s; in less than a decade, several genetically distinct CA-MRSA lineages carrying ...
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Rationale and design of the costs, health status and outcomes in community acquired pneumonia (CHO CAP) study in elderly persons hospitalized with CAP
... The Community Acquired Pneumonia Immunization Trial in Adults (CAPiTA) is a randomized placebo-controlled double-blind trial to determine the efficacy of a 13- Valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (13vPnC) ...
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Evaluation of the suitability of root cause analysis frameworks for the investigation of community-acquired pressure ulcers: A systematic review and documentary analysis
... underlying community-acquired pressure ulcers will only be detected if patient safety frameworks underpinning pressure ulcer investigation recognise and include the unique dimensions of risk in home ...
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Community Acquired Pneumonia A Malaysian Perspective
... Community Acquired Pneumonia A Malaysian Perspective CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION Community Acquired Pneumonia A Malaysian Perspective C K Liam, FRCP Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Unive[.] ...
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The prognostic performance of qSOFA for community-acquired pneumonia
... qSOFA may be used reliably for patients in different re- gions or with varying backgrounds. Second, it was that the present study only considered hospitalized CAP. Pneumonia in patients with a poor performance status and ...
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Community-acquired versus hospital-acquired acute kidney injury in patients with acute exacerbation of COPD requiring hospitalization in China
... This study showed that the risk factors for CA-AKI and HA- AKI were similar. CA-AKI and HA-AKI were more common in elderly patients with preexisting coronary artery disease, CKD, and requiring mechanical ventilation. ...
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